• Grace Sherrill, Rolla Junior High, teacher(s): Cynthia Felts, for her entry entitled, George Bohannon: A Voice from the Gallows
• Jacinda Zimmer, Maries R-2 Bland Middle School, in Bland, teacher(s): Vanessa Lambeth, Elizabeth Moore, for her entry entitled, Lost on the Trail of Tears

• Olivia Wikle, Columbia Catholic School, in Columbia, teacher(s): Widget Ewing, for her entry entitled, "They Say We Play Like Devils:" Communication in American Military Music

• Yiliu Zhang, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, teacher(s): Janet Baldwin, for her entry entitled, Johannes Gutenberg and His Printing Press
• Preeti Viswanathan, Wydown Middle School, in Clayton, teacher(s): Janet Baldwin, for his entry entitled, Leonardo DaVinci: Communicating the Renaissance Ideals of Humanism through His Art, Science and Technology
• Alexa Boulton, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, teacher(s): Janet Baldwin, for her entry entitled, All Roads Lead to Rome

• Pamala Bonnell, Hollister Middle School, teacher(s): Karen Ellison, for her entry entitled, The Underground Railroad: The Quest for Freedom: Communication in History: The Key to Understanding (Pamala also won the Strickland Prize for the best exhibit on African-American history)
• Matt McCreary, Memorial Middle School, Joplin, teacher(s): Pam Page, for his entry entitled, Nellie Bly, The World's Reporter (Matt also won the AAUW prize for the best junior exhibit on women's history)

• Alexandria Thompson, Hollister Middle School, teacher(s): Charlene Free, for her entry entitled, National Geographic: A Lens to Understanding World Geography and History

• Eve Wright, Odessa Middle School, teacher(s): Paula Hawk, for her entry entitled, Navajo Code Talkers: From Savages to Heroes (Eve also won the Missouri Veterans Commission award for the best junior entry on military history)
• Austin Bequette, Rolla Junior High, teacher(s): Cynthia Felts, for his entry entitled, Hobo Communication: Understanding Means Survival (Austin also won the Missouri Folklore Society prize for the 2nd place entry on folklore/folk history)
• Brittney Beard, New Mark Middle School, Kansas City, teacher(s): Mona Riggs, for her entry entitled, Helen Keller's Challenge to Communicate

• Randall Bonnell, Jordan Butler, Hollister Middle School, Hollister, teacher(s): Karen Ellison, for their entry entitled, "Our Weapon Was Our Words" The Unbreakable Code Turns the Tide for America
• Michael Perez, Cary Wood, Holy Infant School, Ballwin, teacher(s): Robert Stevens, for their entry entitled, FDR's Fireside Chats: Communicating Hope During the Great Depression

• Stewart Pence, Gus Oberg, Memorial Middle School, Joplin, teacher(s): Lynn Ramsour, for their entry entitled, Hieroglyphs: Writing of the Ancients

• Courtney Burnett, Sierra Earnhart, of Risco R-II Schools, in Risco, teacher(s): Melanie Tipton, Michael Murphy, for their entry entitled, "Forked Pens:" A Communication Misunderstanding
• Wesley Bergen, Andrew Merrell, Brandon Mundle, Hannibal Middle School, teacher(s): Terry Trullinger, for their entry entitled, Jack Buck: Communicating Cardinal History
• Bo Mahr, Blake Henry, Trevor Walker, Shelby Cummins, Neosho R-5 Middle School, teacher(s): Julie Hulley, for their entry entitled, Visual Revolution: Revelation of Racial Justice

• Kate LaRose, Jefferson Junior High, Columbia, teacher(s): Cathy Libey, for her entry entitled, Martha Graham: The Power of Communication through Dance (Kate also won the AAUW prize for the best junior performance on women's history)
• Stephanie McAtee, St. Raphael School, St. Louis, teacher(s): Christy Connor, for her entry entitled, The Pony Express: A Journey in Western Communication

• Helen Wurthmann, Sperreng Middle School, St. Louis, teacher(s): Patti Thomas, for her entry entitled, Pony Express: Communication Across the Nation in 10 Days or Less

• Christopher Grills, Iva E. Wells Middle School, Seneca, teacher(s): Karen Grimmett, for his entry entitled, William Friedman: The Purple Code and the Man Who Conquered It
• Sarah Cast, Princeton R-V, teacher(s): Maureen Funk, for her entry entitled, Helen Keller: Communicating through the Darkness
• Autumn M. Lewis, of Memorial Middle School, Joplin, teacher(s): Pam Page, Mary Heseman, for her entry entitled, YIL-TAS-BEH-DAH-A-HI-JIH-GANI: The Legacy of the Navajo Code Talkers

• Ashley Moore, Dawn Evans, Risco R-II Schools, teacher(s): Melanie Tipton, Michael Murphy, for their entry entitled, "Shoot and Tell:" Remembering the Lives of Two Great Female Communicators
• Tim Cooper, Justin Cordova, Kailey Jones, Merry Yeager, Christopher Young, Strafford Middle School, teacher(s): Michele Robnett, for their entry entitled, Route to Freedom: Hidden Communication Among Slaves

• Courtney Scott, Scott Durbin, Randa Butler, Jordanne Wright, Taylor Parmley, Iva E. Wells Middle School, Seneca, teacher(s): Karen Grimmett, for their entry entitled, The Office of Strategic Services: The Eyes and Ears of the United States

• Sam Armato, David Snyder, New Mark Middle School, Kansas City, teacher(s): Mona Riggs, for their entry entitled, The History of the Pony Express
• Lindsay Lutz, Audrie Howard, Liberty Junior High, teacher(s): Sarah Knopik, for their entry entitled, Barbie's Communication & Contribution to the Women's Movement
• Katherine Burr, Ashley Linder, Stacia Sarwinski, Kelsey Green, Iva E. Wells Middle School, Seneca, teacher(s): Karen Grimmett, for their entry entitled, Voices of War

• Kelsey Murphy, Risco R-II Schools, teacher(s): Melanie Tipton, Michael Murphy, for her entry entitled, Casualty By Camera: Television and the War in Vietnam
• Nate Townsend, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, teacher(s): Janet Baldwin, for his entry entitled, The Internet and the Worldwide Web: A Revolution in Communication

• Ellie Bullard, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, teacher(s): Janet Baldwin, for their entry entitled, "The War of the Worlds" Broadcast: Communicating an Understanding through the Media

• Katie Kramme, Rolla Junior High, teacher(s): Leah Prewett, Leslie Claxton, for their entry entitled, 1960s Protest Music: Communicating through the Sounds of Music
• Hannah Overfelt, Gentry Middle School, Columbia, teacher(s): Cathy Libey, for her entry entitled, Teach Me TV!
• Joseph Tatum, of Liberty Junior High, in Liberty, teacher(s): Sarah Knopik, for his entry entitled, Enigma: The Psychological War

• Scott Knutzen, Sagan Graskemper, Carl Junction Junior High, teacher(s): Vicki Farrill, for their entry entitled, W.R. Hearst: The "Chief" of Communications
• Aaron Praiss, William Behrend, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, teacher(s): Janet Baldwin, for their entry entitled, The Modern Day Olympics: Communicating a Peaceful Understanding to the World

• Mariah Marsden, Joshua Mason, Carthage Junior High, teacher(s): Kathleen Swift, Sue Pitts, for their entry entitled, The Black Death: How Interpersonal Communication Kept It Killing

• Brittany Burnett, Jordan Passley, Risco R-II Schools, teacher(s): Melanie Tipton, Michael Murphy, for their entry entitled, "Needling Nast:" Communications & the Political Cartoon
• Andrew Brimer, Andrew Fendler, Nick Mertens, Sperreng Middle School, St. Louis, teacher(s): Patti Thomas, for their entry entitled, Enigma: The Weapon That Won the War
• Khalfani Mar'Na, David Mitchell, Josh Zander, St. Margaret of Scotland, St. Louis, teacher(s): Alice Chase, for their entry entitled, Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Color Barrier

• Chamal Samaranayake, Rolla Junior High, teacher(s): Cindy Felts, Mary Mueller, for his entry entitled, Communicating the Brutality of Racism: The Emmett Till Story (Chamal also won the Strickland Prize for best paper on African-American history)
• Logan Skelley, Joplin High School, teacher(s): Andy Ritter, Janet Myers, for his entry entitled, The Telegraph: Providing the Key to Communication and Understanding During the Civil War (Logan also won the Missouri Veterans Commission award for the best senior entry on military history)

• Stephanie Kukuljan, of Mehlville High School, in St. Louis, teacher(s): Angela Scheer, for her entry entitled, Censorship v. Editorship: How Communication Proved to Be the Key to Understanding in the Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier Supreme Court Case

• Katie Roberts, Homeschool, Walnut Shade, teacher(s): Patty Roberts, for her entry entitled, The Navajo Code Talkers
• Stefan DuBois, Rolla Junior High, teacher(s): Travis Yoakum, for his entry entitled, Communication in History: The Key to Understanding Nazi Propaganda
• Brian Chalmers, Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, teacher(s): Chris Elmore, for his entry entitled, Communicating Independence: How Propaganda Affected Colonial America

• Amanda Lean, Liberty High School, teacher(s): Jeremy Risty, for her entry entitled, Communication at the Risk of Death: Female Spies of the First World War
• Richard Miner, Carthage High School, teacher(s): Kathleen Swift, Sue Pitts, for his entry entitled, The Media and Vietnam: Public Communications = Public Understanding

• Shelby Vicat, Strafford High School, teacher(s): Lisa King, for her entry entitled, Windtalkers

• Jonell Elmore, Risco R-II Schools, teacher(s): Melanie Tipton, Michael Murphy, for her entry entitled, A Hieroglyphic Heirloom: The Key That Unlocked Egypt's Past
• Michael McCreary, Joplin High School, teacher(s): Andy Ritter, for his entry entitled, Dearest Lu: Communications of Erwin Rommel
• Joshua Parsons, Hollister High School, teacher(s): Charlene Free, for his entry entitled, Silence Is Golden: The Birth of a Quitessential American Genre of Communication

• Emily Snyder, Katrina Westhoff, Carthage Junior High, teacher(s): Kathleen Swift, Sue Pitts, for their entry entitled, Red Emma: The Law's the Limit
• Robert Duke Adams, Raeed Hasan Chowdhury, Rui Du, Yun-Han Huang, Rolla High School, teacher(s): Helen Branson, Cindy Felts, for their entry entitled, Controversial Art: Thomas Hart Benton's Communication Tool (this team also won the Local History prize)

• Aimee Warnke, Elizabeth Hook, Rolla Junior High, teacher(s): Cynthia Felts, for their entry entitled, Struggles Under Cover: Communication Along the Oregon Trail

• Alyssa Latta, Noah Buboltz, Blue Springs High School, teacher(s): Dacia Rzchowski, for their entry entitled, Communicating in the Underground Rail Road
• Keith Mims, T.J. McCloud, Mike Kean, Risco R-II Schools, teacher(s): Melanie Tipton, Michael Murphy, for their entry entitled, The Zimmerman Telegram
• Sarah Watkins, Timmy Butts, Kim Reinkemeyer, Truman High School, Independence, teacher(s): Brad Peck, for their entry entitled, Pony Express: News Travels Fast

• Alison Tatum, Liberty Junior High, teacher(s): Sarah Knopik, for her entry entitled, Margaret Bourke-White: Communication through the Lens
• Laura Knutzen, Carl Junction High School, teacher(s): Teresa Harrison, for her entry entitled, Strapless to Wireless: Unlocking the Secret of Hedwig Keislerm (Laura also won the Altrusa award for the best performance on the history of women in community service)

• Chris Ghan, West Junior High, Columbia, teacher(s): Chris Fischer, for his entry entitled, The Fireside Chats: FDR's Conversation with America

• Ricky McCord, Risco R-II Schools, teacher(s): Melanie Tipton, Michael Murphy, for their entry entitled, By Bridle and Spur: Communications and the Pony Express
• Eric Dunn, Bowling Green High School, teacher(s): Kathleen Yonker, for their entry entitled, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet: Innovator of American Sign Language
• Anna Powell, Risco R-II Schools, teacher(s): Melanie Tipton, Michael Murphy, for their entry entitled, I Will Go . . . And If I Perish, I Perish

• Lisa Ma, Katie Lee, Chassitty Whitman, Rolla Junior High, teacher(s): Cynthia Felts, Mary Mueller, for their entry entitled, Woody Guthrie: Communicating Understanding through Song During the Depression Era
• Mary Adams, Elizabeth Alphonse, Brittany Filkins, Lindsey Sheppard, Rolla Junior High, teacher(s): Helen Branson, Mary Mueller, for their entry entitled, Soldiers in Greasepaint: Comminicating Hope to American Troops

• Anthony Brown, Jake LaMunion, Nathan Glen, Clarkton High School, teacher(s): Darrin Shipman, for their entry entitled, Seeing Is Believing

• Summer Payne, Jerry Gail Hill, Risco R-II Schools, teacher(s): Melanie Tipton, Michael Murphy, for their entry entitled, Whispers From the Dark
• Julie Wootton, Lauren Moore, Rachel Miles, Hillcrest High School, Springfield, teacher(s): Ryan Schaffitzel, for their entry entitled, The Bubonic Plague: Everyday Communication Spreading Inevitable Death
• Molly Ferree, Blair Chrisenberry, Nevada High School, teacher(s): Peg Miller, for their entry entitled, Realizing the Truth: Negro Slave Spirituals

• Evan Paschke, Greenwood High School, Springfield, teacher(s): Candace Fisk, for his entry entitled, Vital Communications: Anti-Japanese Propaganda Following Pearl Harbor
• Jason Knutzen, Carl Junction High School, teacher(s): Teresa Harrison, for his entry entitled, Media Miscommunication: Understanding Journalistic Bias

• Hannah Jester, Risco R-II Schools, teacher(s): Melanie Tipton, Michael Murphy, for her entry entitled, Our Language Was Our Weapon

• Marcella Babcock, Liberty Junior High, teacher(s): Sarah Knopik, for their entry entitled, The Big Three and a Drastic Miscommunication in History
• Molly Jennings, Kirkwood High School, teacher(s): Steve Platte, for her entry entitled, Communicating through Cartoons: The Walt Disney Studio During WWII
• Sarah Powell, Risco R-II Schools, teacher(s): Melanie Tipton, Michael Murphy, for her entry entitled, "History's Hand-Maid:" The Art of George Caleb Bingham (Sarah also won the Cansler Prize for the best entry on Folk History)

• Nathan Martin, Shelly Pfeifer, Frankie Skaggs, Carthage High School, teacher(s): Kathleen Swift, Sue Pitts, for their entry entitled, Closing the Gap: Transatlantic Communication
• Justin Haseltine, Sara Cady, Greenwood High School, Springfield, teacher(s): Candace Fisk, for their entry entitled, Communication in WWI: The Choctaw Code Talkers

• Elaine Hines, Rachael Amick, Rolla Junior High, teacher(s): Leah Prewett, Helen Branson, for their entry entitled, The Hollywood Ten: Communicating through Silence

• Cory Keith, Brian Kincaid, Brett Marler, Greenwood High School, Springfield, teacher(s): Candace Fisk, for their entry entitled, Deciphering the German Enigma
• Jason Devore, Robert Hawk, Eric Obert, Joplin High School, teacher(s): Andy Ritter, for their entry entitled, Smoke Signals: Advertising of the Tobacco Industry
• Josh Bentley, Alicia Bradley, of Diamond High School, teacher(s): Jerry Skinner, for their entry entitled, An Uncommon Way

Altrusa International, Inc.,
History of Women in Community Service Awards

• Laura Knutzen, Carl Junction High School, Strapless to Wireless: Unlocking the Secret of Hedwig Keislerm

American Association of University Women,
Women's History Prizes

• Matt McCreary, Memorial Middle School, Joplin, Nellie Bly, The World's Reporter
• Kate LaRose, Jefferson Junior High, Columbia, Martha Graham: The Power of Communication through Dance

Dr. Howard Croteau Special Prize

• Kelsey Murphy, Risco R-II Schools, Casualty By Camera: Television and the War in Vietnam

Loman Cansler Prize:

• Sarah Powell, Risco R-II Schools, "History's Hand-Maid:" The Art of George Caleb Bingham

Missouri Folklore Society:

• Austin Bequette, Rolla Junior High, Hobo Communication: Understanding Means Survival

Local History Prize

• Robert Duke Adams, Raeed Hasan Chowdhury, Rui Du, Yun-Han Huang, Rolla High School, Controversial Art: Thomas Hart Benton's Communication Tool

Missouri Veterans Commission Awards

• Eve Wright, Odessa Middle School, Navajo Code Talkers: From Savages to Heroes
• Logan Skelley, Joplin High SchoolThe Telegraph: Providing the Key to Communication and Understanding During the Civil War

Strickland African American History Prizes

• Pamala Bonnell, Hollister Middle School, The Underground Railroad: Quest for Communication in History: The Key to Understanding
• DeAndre White, Jarrett Middle School, Springfield, A Vote from the Battlefield: Martin Luther King, Jr
• Richard Frohlichstein, Kirkwood High School, Shock and Awe: Birmingham in 1963
• Chamal Samaranayake, Rolla Junior High, Communicating the Brutality of Racism: The Emmett Till Story

The 2005 Webber Prize for the NHDMO teacher of the year is Karen Grimmett, Iva E. Wells Middle School, Seneca. The runner-up was Karen Ellison of Hollister Middle School. Ms. Grimmett will be the Missouri nominee for the national teacher award to be presented at the 2005 NHD contest in College Park, MD in June.